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The Bhagavata Podcast

The Bhagavata Podcast
Bhagavata Purana
Krishna
Yudhishthira
Bhagavatam
Bhakti
Mahabharata
Devotion
Vaishnavism
Nārada Muni
Separation
Srimad Bhagavatam
Krishna Consciousness
Queen Kunti
Asvatthama
Devotion (bhakti)
Arjuna
Dharma
Vyasa
Bhakti Yoga
Asvamedha Sacrifices

The Bhagavata Podcast invites listeners on an engaging journey through the Bhagavata Purana, more commonly known as the Srimad Bhagavatam. Each episode features conversations between scholars, many of whom are also practitioners, as they reflect on and analyze a chapter of this text together. The podcast offers a unique blend of academic rigor and personal insight, providing fresh perspectives tha... more

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Latest Episodes

What should we do with knowledge of God and the world? Radhika Raman Das joins Bhrigupada Das to explore Canto 2, Chapter 9 of the Bhagavata Purana. Through Brahma’s encounter with Vishnu and four essential verses, they examine divine personality, th... more

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Philosophy decided two thousand years ago that God cannot have a body. Every body is material, limited, reducible. If you want God to be eternal and unlimited, he cannot be bodied. The Bhagavatam's answer to that is a baby stealing butter and peeing ... more

The Bhagavatam's longest avatar list gives each divine figure one verse. Sometimes two. When it reaches Krishna, it gives him ten.

Canto 2, Chapter 7 surveys 23 lila avatars, the longest such list in the entire Purana. Sundar Gopal Das (Dr. Simon Ha... more

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Brahma describes the entire process of creation and then admits he cannot know the Lord. His response to that admission is not silence. It is song.

Canto 2, Chapter 6 continues the Virat Rupa meditation from the previous chapter, but shifts the emph... more

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Recent Guests

Radhika Raman Das
Scholar-practitioner specializing in Jiva Goswami and the Bhagavata Purana
Episode: 2.9 Was God Ever Alone? | Bhagavata Podcast with Radhika Raman Das
Edwin Bryant
Professor of Hindu religion and philosophy at Rutgers University and translator of the Bhagavata Purana's 10th Canto
Rutgers University
Episode: 2.8 Why God Must Be Fantastical | Bhagavata Podcast with Advaita Das
Dr. Simon Haas
Scholar guest discussing Bhagavatam avatars
Episode: 2.7 One Verse Each. Except Krishna. | Bhagavata Podcast with Sundar Gopal Das
Anuradha Dooney
From the Youth Education Programme at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Episode: 2.4 I've Never Been Completely Satisfied with Anything I've Done | Bhagavata Podcast with Anuradha Devi Dasi
Manjari Devi Dasi
Guest from Bhaktivedanta College, Budapest
Bhaktivedanta College, Budapest
Episode: 2.3 Chant Every Day and Still Feeling Nothing | Bhagavata Podcast with Manjari Devi Dasi
Shaunaka Rishi Das
Director of the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Episode: 2.2 What the Manosphere Gets Wrong About Worth | Bhagavata Podcast with Shaunaka Rishi Das
Sri Yukta Jayananda Dasa
Guest scholar
Associated with Bhagavatam discussion
Episode: 2.1 What Should You Do When You're About to Die? | Bhagavata Podcast with Jayananda Dasa
Dr. Janne Kontala
Guest scholar
Åbo Akademi University
Episode: 2.1 What Should You Do When You're About to Die? | Bhagavata Podcast with Jayananda Dasa
Sundar Gopal Das
Sripad, guest on The Bhagavata Podcast
Bharatiya Vaishnavism / Gaudiya Vaishnavism community
Episode: 1.19 What Would You Do If You Had Seven Days to Live? | Bhagavata Podcast with Sundar Gopal Das

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Måns Broo
Host of The Bhagavata Podcast, Gaudiya Studies Research Programme, Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies
Bhrigupada Das
Host of The Bhagavata Podcast, engaged in scholarly devotional discussion
Brigupa Das
Host of Bhagavata Podcast
Dr. Måns Broo
Host and scholar bringing academic and devotional perspectives

Talking Points

Recent interactions between the hosts and their guests.

2.9 Was God Ever Alone? | Bhagavata Podcast with Radhika Raman Das
Q: What should we do with the knowledge that you've received?
The fourth essential verse calls for continual inquiry into truth, using both affirmative and negative modes of investigation. Radhika Raman Das says this inquiry should shape everyday life and lead to bhakti.
2.9 Was God Ever Alone? | Bhagavata Podcast with Radhika Raman Das
Q: Could you summarize this chapter for us, the ninth chapter of the second canto?
The chapter recounts Brahma's confusion after creation begins, his austerities, his vision of Vishnu in Vaikuntha, and Vishnu's instructions for creating the world. It ends by tracing the transmission of the Bhagavatam's teaching from Vishnu to Brahma, Narada, and Vyasadeva.
2.8 Why God Must Be Fantastical | Bhagavata Podcast with Advaita Das
Q: How would the Bhagavata tradition answer those kind of objections?
Bryant says the stories themselves present divine form as unlimited: Krishna manifests as all the cowherd boys, and the universe emanates from him rather than containing or restricting him.
2.8 Why God Must Be Fantastical | Bhagavata Podcast with Advaita Das
Q: Can you give us a nutshell summary of this chapter? What is it all about?
Pariksit, with seven days left to live, asks about the duties of someone facing death and then raises questions about creation, karma, embodiment, and the gunas. Bryant sees those questions as opening onto the Bhagavatam's larger philosophical and theological project.
2.3 Chant Every Day and Still Feeling Nothing | Bhagavata Podcast with Manjari Devi Dasi
Q: Could you summarize why this chapter shifts from a general instruction to a direct evaluation of what counts as meaningful life?
The hosts explain that after laying out bhakti as the ultimate path, the chapter tests readers by showing how various desires and external practices fail to yield lasting meaning unless oriented toward Krishna and the devotee culture; this prepares the listener to accept bhakti as the evaluative framework for life and death.

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A scholarly yet devotional discussion series that traces the Bhagavatam chapter by chapter through conversations between researchers and practitioners. Episodes blend rigorous textual analysis with personal devotional practice, exploring themes like bhakti yoga, nama-kirtana, and the pedagogy of Shukadeva Goswami alongside practical guidance for daily devotion, group study, and community rituals. Notable elements include cross-disciplinary perspectives from Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies and Gaudiya Vaishnavism scholars, and a steady emphasis on living Vaishnavism—reading together, chanting, and applying ancient teachings to contemporary life. The format often features invited guests who bring academic rigor and devotional insight, creatin... more

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7. Sri Yukta Jayananda Dasa
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